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question everything

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Wed Feb 16, 2022, 12:12 AM Feb 2022

Asking Miss Manners

Stranger Erupts At Post Office

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was standing in line at the post office, wearing a mask. The man in front of me turned around and started shouting at me for wearing a mask.

I chose to ignore his initial shout. He continued shouting, telling me his views on masks, virus protocol and radio shows that are telling the truth.

No one else in line, nor any employee, said anything. He got called to the window, conducted his business, and proceeded to shout at me again as I was leaving.

https://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/lifeadvice/missmanners/s-2630820

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There have been several posts here describing similar behavior and I have to stop and think: who are these people who think that they can harass total strangers wearing masks?

And I think that it really started with Whiny Donny: his vulgarity, his boorish behavior. I really cannot remember people behaving like that before 2016 including the threatening behavior on aircraft. But perhaps I am living in a bubble.



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Asking Miss Manners (Original Post) question everything Feb 2022 OP
You are not wrong Picaro Feb 2022 #1
Ignoring such abuse would not be my choice in such a situation... GReedDiamond Feb 2022 #2
My first reaction would be to TURN AWAY from that person secondwind Feb 2022 #3

Picaro

(1,517 posts)
1. You are not wrong
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 12:18 AM
Feb 2022

Trump gave the worst of us implicit permission to release our inner three year old.

This man is very lucky I was not there.

GReedDiamond

(5,311 posts)
2. Ignoring such abuse would not be my choice in such a situation...
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 12:48 AM
Feb 2022

...this would not happen without my correcting the verbal abuser.

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